by Jennifer Childress | Feb 20, 2019 | Headline News
With the 2019 Texas Legislative Session underway, lawmakers are once again tackling the state’s unpopular and complicated school finance system. Following decades of lawsuits against the state – all claiming that Texas schools are not adequately funded...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 31, 2019 | Headline News
Recently, the Huffington Post published this story by Kate Kilpatrick, about how officials in a Texas school district are helping local families who are at-risk for deportation. (It is part of a larger series the Huffington Post is producing on schools and the...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 9, 2019 | Headline News
The Texas legislature is back in session and lawmakers will not be revisiting the controversial “Bathroom Bill,” according to the Texas Tribune. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick confirmed at a Wednesday morning press conference that lawmakers were moving on from...
by Jennifer Childress | Nov 29, 2018 | Headline News
ED311 and Padmaja Sarathy are excited to present the 2019 Paraeducators Power Training Webinar series, and you are invited to join us! Watch our first recorded webinar with Padmaja Sarathy here to learn more. This series will provide paraeducators across the country...
by Jennifer Childress | Oct 24, 2018 | Federal Guidance, Headline News, Legal Developments
In Espinoza v. San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, No. 17-40839, 2018 WL 5018491 (5th Cir. Oct. 12, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the judgment in favor of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District in a case...
by Jennifer Childress | Oct 10, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
The Texas Attorney General has sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a student who was disciplined for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The suit was filed on behalf of India Landry after she was expelled from Windfern High School in Harris County....